Jp- Your doing great and one day of fun wont ruin that . So just keep up the good work :)

Well I've got all my exercise in for the day . But when I added up my calories for the day it turns out I've only gotten to 800 so now I need to try and get a few more since I've been trying to up them a bit .8:00 at night andf I'm eating again :)

fld

Afternoon everyone !!!!

I hope everyones days going great !!!

Yesterday was okay I managed 900 calories so not to bad . Today started off well .And I decided to try on a pair of pants that didnt fit a few monthes ago (like I couldnt even come close to zipping them up) they now fit there still tight but I can stand up and zip them :carrot: .That made my day . Well now I'm off to exercise !!

Have a wonderful dya everyone !!!

fld

good evening!

fld, congratulations with the pants!!! yahoo! i can't wait to fit into a dress that i don't think i can even get in to at this point. do you only have 900 calories/day?

veggie, hope you're doing well!

i'm doing pretty well. back on track with the eating, drinking water, and working out. but i think that i may be getting sick though. :( gotta start taking my vitamin c and echinacea and drinking even more water!

jp

Jp- No I actually have 1200 but i have a very ghard time reaching that some days and yesterday I just didnt make it :) . Great job on getting back on track ! And I hope you start feeling better .

fld

Good morning everyone

Sounds like you are all doing really well

Fld - Congrats on the pants success...that's a great feeling, and you should be really proud of yourself:hug: Thanks for the info on the WATP...I'm going to rent one from the library and see how I do...I hope it doesnt' take that much space, as I don't have that much room in front of the dvd player, but we'll see...

JP - Congrats to you for getting back on track...I think its a really positive thing that your mindset has evolved to where you want to exercise....the fact that you had one slipup, is not the issue...its what you do with that, and you have chosen to regroup, which is great:carrot:


Well, I did my Thanksgving shopping yesterday...just have two or three items to pick up that for some reason I haven't found yet...I'm going to make some side dishes today that I can just heat up on Thurs...that should take some of the pressure off...
I couldn't sleep this a.m., so I was in the gym at 5:15 a.m. It felt good afterward, I just hope I don't crash at 4:00 this afternoon:dizzy:

Have a great day,

Veggie

Morning

Veggie-Thanks it's definatelly a great feeling ! WATP dosent take top much space atleast the ones I have dont just enough to spread your legs a bit.5:15! Wow way early ! But congrats on getting it done ! I'm lucky for Thanksgiving I'm going to my moms so no cooking for me :). Have a great day!
Jp- I hope your day is going well !!

My days going well so far no exercise but I'll try and get some in later.

Have a great day everyone !!!
fld

Good morning everyone!

Well, got my exercise in today...I thought I might not because I was up late waiting for my daughter to get home from a night out with her friends...she was home by 10:15, but then between the banging of the bathroom door, and the dog waking up and running around the house for a while, I didn't get to bed till much later...

I made another side dish for tomorrow this morning; I'm trying to do alot ahead this year, so I don't get stuck in the kitchen away from everyone for the entire time....although sometimes that's the safest place:o if you know what I mean...

Good luck tomorrow staying on plan and have a great holiday,:thanks2:

Veggie

hi all!

wasn't able to check-in yesterday. i've been doing fairly well. eating is not the best in terms of food choices, but doing pretty well with portion control. still exercising! my brother and my close friend's family is over at our apartment for thanksgiving, so it's a big party here! like veggie, i will be cooking too tomorrow, but my brother will be helping. i'm actually kind of excited to cook and eat! but i am determined to stay with my portion control. sounds like everyone is doing well.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! :)

jp

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Well, my dinner was a success, and now the house is quiet again...We eat early and finish by 3:30 because my brother has a sort of long drive.

I was up early and got my exercise in before breakfast.

I did pretty well food wise...didn't overeat, but I did eat things that I usually never do...including a small square of desert bar (oatmeal, apple, caramel thing I made) and 1 cookie I made...I know that doesn't sound too terrible, but the tricky thing for me is that I never really have had much control where sugar is concerned, so I'm actually better off avoiding it all together....I haven't had anything sweet for quite a while, and I am terrified that this will somehow set something off...but I didn't want to refuse to eat dessert altogether, as I hate setting myself apart like that if you know what I mean...anyway, please think good thoughts for me that I can handle this and that I can continue on my healthy eating ways:hug:

Hope you all had a great day,

Veggie

Happy Thanksgiving !!:turkey:
Vegiie Congrats on not over eating !! Good luck on not eating any more sweets .But you did great with eating just those two earlier :carrot: . thanksgiving is a hard day to resist . But I believe you can do it . Good luck :hug:

Jp- Hope your Thanksgiving is going great!! And :congrat: on keeping up on the exercise !!!

Well yesterday went well I got a new 3 mile WATP for your waistline and talk about a workout I was dripping sweat by the time I was done :).Today I ate a bit much but I figure with the rest of my days being around 800-900 calories a few extra today would still even up for the week .

Have a great day everyone !!!!:thanks2:
fld

Good morning all

Well, back to normalcy...and I'm glad for it...Did my exercise, and had a good breakfast....not going to shop today...I hate the crowds, and I tend to think that you can still get great deals further along in the season...

We have a fair amount of leftovers, but I'll send the sweet stuff with my husband to work and my daughter to her swim meet tomorrow...;)

Fld - have yet to get one of the WATP tapes; I hope to get one today when I go to the library...

Have a great day,

Veggie

Morning !
I didnt make it on yesterday as I was a bit tired all day . My mom talked me into going to the black Friday sale at Walmart . And i've now decided I will never go again that place was crazy ! Otherwise my day went pretty well .

Veggie- Sending the sweets away is a great idea . Thankfully sionce we did Thanksgiving at my moms theres none in my house to tempt me :) . So did you get a WATP ? There so great . Hope your days going great !!

fld

hi all!

sorry i've been MIA for the past few days. my brother came down to visit for Thanksgiving, so it's been pretty crazy. he left for NYC today and it's back to reality for me. it's snowing pretty bad out right now, the first big snowfall of the season here in Milwaukee. sigh.

okay, so Thanksgiving went pretty bad for me in terms of both eating and exercising. whenever my brother and i are together, our favorite pasttime is eating! thus, we ate since i hadn't seen him in 7 months. i didn't get to exercise everyday, but i was able to squeeze in an exercise DVD and we walked around a good amount too. i know i shouldn't have done what i did, but i kept making the excuse that my brother was here and that i don't do it everyday but now that i'm thinking about my weekend i almost feel like the past couple of weeks that i have been exercising and dieting all went to waste. i guess, to some extent it did, but i'm just trying to move on from here. today is a new day and i'm back to my usual diet and exercise regime. i guess, now i now how i react to that kind of situation, so when i go to NYC for the christmas and new year holiday, i will know what to watch out for...? ugh, this is really bad and i feel pretty horrible about it all now. help! how do i stop making excuses to eat badly especially when i'm around my family/friends that i havn't seen in a long time? (p.s. my parent live abroad and my brother lives in NYC, so i only see them rarely)

well, i'm glad both of your Thanksgivings went well. veggie, good job with the sweets . fld, glad you're doing well. and i completely understand about Black Friday, i definitely spent more money than i should have.

sorry this is so long. take care.

jp

Good afternoon everyone

Sorry that I too have been off the board for a few days...I was really tired from Thanksgiving, and it really only caught up with me on Sunday....all I did yesterday was stay in bed, which was fine because the weather was totally terrible here...

JP, don't for a minute think that all your new good habits of the past few weeks have gone to waste because of a momentary slipup....the fact that you have started up with your program again today is evidence itself that those weeks were worthwhile...how many times before you started this plan would you have said, oh well, I may as well keep eating, and forgoing exercise? That alone is a victory that you have resumed your healthy lifestyle. Please don't beat yourself up over this...it happens...particuarly at the holidays...you can't change it now...you can only learn from it, and move on, which you are doing. :hug:

fld - Yikes...I stayed out of the store on Friday....I don't really have that much shopping to do, as our family is small, and this year my husband and I are not planning on exchanging much, although we do still have to buy for my daughter and mother, and his father....It's hard to shop for my daughter now; she's a junior in high school...

Well, have a great day all,

Veggie

good evening,

thanks for the support. i really am just trying to move on. i am back to eating well again today and will be working out tonight, just waiting on my workout buddy. back to drinking water again too. so, i am feeling much better that i'm back on the band wagon! wohoo!

on another note, so remember how i ran over a rock and had to get my car fixed? today, my friend backed up into my car and now my bumber is cracked with a piece missing and my left tail light is cracked and broken too. geez louise. it's barely been a couple of weeks since i got my car fixed. sigh. well, at least my friend is gonna cover the expenses to get it fixed.

veggie, i totally understand feeling tired after the holiday weekend. i was so pooped i feel asleep super early last night!

fld, hope you're doing well!

jp